I think it's worth giving The Silkworm a try—I enjoyed Cuckoo, but I didn't love it, and Silkworm seemed...better? Sorry I can't be more articulate than that, my memory of the first one is a little fuzzy. At the least, Silkworm is definitely a page-turner.

I think perhaps your issue with Harry Potter has to do with your expectations or loyalty to the fantasy genre—there is a very good argument to be made that Harry Potter has a greater affinity with the genre of "school stories" than fantasy. Rowling integrated conventions from a lot of different traditions into her…

Mexico is over 80% Catholic. Pairing that with Flores' 12 siblings to conclude that she was probably raised Catholic is a very reasonable assumption.

Ouch! You can get serious, blistery burns from using citrus juice on your skin, especially if you go out in the sun afterwards!

Actually, in a lot of poor food desert areas, produce can be quite a bit more expensive when sold at corner stores or small markets, because there are just no other options.

I mean, I'm no nutritionist, but I assume it's on the same principle as sprouting legumes. It makes intuitive sense (although of course that doesn't always equal actual real sciencey sense) that your digestive juices would be doing less work.

God, yes. I actively hide the fact that I'm vegetarian/mostly vegan from coworkers, because I just do not want to have that conversation again. I think this stereotype of "pushy vegans" is due in part to confirmation bias—there are plenty of us stealth vegetarians out there, too.

Which is why I didn't defend either the incident or the store's policy.

I think there is one thing that separates (but doesn't justify) this particular instance from the standard bathroom-policing. Many men see lingerie stores as sexually-charged spaces in a way that is not true of other places that are generally sex-segregated: I have heard horror stories of jacking off in changing rooms…

Wait, childbirth and motherhood don't happen to you as a person? You should let all the mothers out there know that their lives shouldn't change at all just because something vagina-specific happened to them.

Sometimes when kids are potty-trained too early they can get constipated. Younger kids also obviously have less bladder control, so there's likely to be a lot more accidents, which are much more of a pain to deal with than diapers. This girl looks about two or maybe a little younger, so she's definitely at an age…

Instead is really totally different than a reusable menstrual cup. I've never tried the disposable cups, but I've heard from others that it's very difficult to get a "seal," and that the capacity is much less. I wouldn't rule out menstrual cups based on your experience with Instead! Personally, the only time I had a…

I think he meant that humorously, but I could be wrong.

You don't "qualify" to be an ethnicity. He is an Anglo American who has ancestors who moved to Mexico so they could fuck multiple wives. That doesn't make him Hispanic. Don't be an idiot.

Of course.

Hi. I am not a troll. A troll is not a person you disagree with. Also, that's a nice, pithy way of dismissing someone, but it loses its potency when you use it inaccurately multiple times.

I think he should get his dog back. I don't think that I should waste emotional energy worrying about how voluntarily signing away his free will means he REALLY REALLY should get his dog back.

I don't.

Ew. Nationalism kills.

Every single member of the armed forces made a decision to go into a recruitment office and sign a piece of paper that says he or she is ok with all of this. I have no sympathy for that decision.